I thought it fitting that Mr. Andrew House’s letter “Alleged link between and chronic fatigue syndrome” saw the light of day in your Apr. 1 issue (page 1145), sharing space with “Psychopharmacology of lycanthropy.”
It was an appropriate debut for a letter that unblushingly ridiculed sick human beings. The disparaging tone and point of view reminded me of the way psychiatric patients used to be discussed in the bad old days.
You can read the full comment as well as the author’s reply here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1336231/pdf/cmaj00257-0021c.pdf
Source: O’Sullivan SJ. Alleged link between hepatitis B vaccine and chronic fatigue syndrome. CMAJ. 1992 Aug 15;147(4):399, 402. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1336231/